The Green Building Rating Systems Guide. FM:Systems partnered with the IFMA Foundation’s Knowledge Management Committee to
release the Green Building Rating Systems Guide. Part of a sustainability "how to" series by the foundation, this research initiative summarizes the various building rating systems and the costs involved with each, and gives insights from facility management experts about how and why a particular certification was achieved for a specific building. The goal of the guide is to enable the reader to
make educated decisions about sustainability initiatives for their organization.

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Analyst Report: Real Estate and Facilities Life Cycle Management. The Three Keys to Success: Visibility, Visibility, Visibility
Visibility into costs and processes is the key to success in managing real estate and facilities says the Aberdeen Group in their recent report. Aberdeen, a leading provider of fact-based research and market intelligence, has benchmarked more than 30,000 companies in the past two years and recently researched 185 organizations for best practices in facility management.

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